Israel plans to destroy Hamas tunnels once captives freed: War minister
Israel’s minister for military affairs has laid out plans to destroy the Hamas resistance movement’s underground tunnels in Gaza after Israeli captives are freed.
“Israel’s great challenge after the hostage release phase will be the destruction of ... tunnels in Gaza,” Israel Katz said in a statement on Sunday.
“I have ordered the army to prepare to carry out this mission,” Katz said.
Destroying the underground tunnel network in Gaza will be carried out under an “international mechanism” with the help of the United States, he added.
After more than two years of relentless bombardment that killed tens of thousands of Palestinians, the Israeli regime bowed to international pressure and approved a US-brokered agreement to halt its genocidal war on Gaza and exchange prisoners with Palestinian resistance factions.
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced early on October 10 that the regime’s cabinet had approved a deal to end the war in the Gaza Strip.
The deal followed four days of indirect talks between the two sides in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh, with delegations from Turkey, Egypt, and Qatar, under US supervision.
Under the deal, the Israeli army is required to withdraw to the so-called “yellow line” within 24 hours, after which Hamas will release the remaining living prisoners within 72 hours.
At least 67,682 Palestinians have been killed and 170,033 wounded, most of them women and children, since the Israeli regime forces launched the genocidal war on Gaza on October 7, 2023.
The actual death toll is much higher as the remains of thousands of unaccounted Gazans is buried beneath the debris.
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